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M. H'. SMITH. SKIRT PROTECTOR.

Patented Mar. 1l. 1890.

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N. PEYERS, Phulnlilhographnr. Wznhinginn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MALCOLM H SMITH, O F YORK, N. Y.

SKI RT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,186, dated March 11, 1890.

Application iiled November 30, 1889. Serial No. 332,101.` (No model.)

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MALCOLM H. SMITH, of

l vthe city, county, and State ot' New York, have invented a new and Improved Water-Proof Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to askirt-protectoror water-proof garment forming a skirt, with or Without a waist, designed to inclose the bottom of the dress and the under skirt. or skirts, so as to protect them from the pavement and keep them dry and clean, no matter what the condition ot' the streets may be. To provide a practical skirt of this class is the objectl of my invention; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a pai t of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l represents my invention as worn by a lady as a protector, the lower part of the skirts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a detail View ot' the skirt arranged to -be worn as an ordinary waterproof, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the skirt worn as a protector.

A represents askirt of water-proof or other.

material appropriate to be worn as an outer garment in wet weather. This skirt is of the usual or of any approved form, with or without a Waist or cape B. At its lower edge it is formed or provided with a wide hem or protecting-strip O, to inclose between it and the Inain body ot' the skirt the bottom of the dress D and the bottom of the underskirts F. E. The inner surface of the main part of the skirt A is provided with a holder F of tape stitched all around the skirtat its upper edge and free at its lower edge. This is to receive the clips G, secured to the edge of the protector O, for holding the protector up the proper distance when the garment is to be Worn as an ordinary water-proof, as shown skirts. The protector is thus held up securely and 'incloses the bottoms of the dress and skirts and fully protects them from water and mud and from contact with the pavement and with the shoes of the wearer.

The clips G are metal clasps or hooks each formed with a slot to grasp by compression a portion of the skirt E or a portion of the holder F, as the case may be; but other forms ot' clips or fastening devices which are capable ot' grasping or clamping the free portion of the tape or strip F and the material of the underskirt may be used without departing from. the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The skirt A, having a continuous tape or fabric strip secured at its upper longitudinal edge transversely therein and free at its lower edge, an extension C below the said tape or strip, and a series of fabric grasping or clamping clips on the said extension to grasp the free portion of said tape or the fabric of the underskirt, as may be desired, substantially as set forth.

MALCOLM H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, C. SEDGwIcK. 

